Holder for lenses of eyeglasses, &amp;c.



7 No. 797,163- PATENTED AUG, 15, 1905.

G. H. WINSLOW.

Q HOLDER FOR LENSES 0P EYEGLASSES, &0

APPLICATION FILED APR. 4, 1904.

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HOLDER FOR LENSES 0F EYEGLASSES, 6110* APPLICATION FILED APR. 4, 1904.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 15, 1905.

Application filed April 4, 1904. Serial No. 201,433.

To all, whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. VVINsLow, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bellevue, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented or discovered certain new and usefulImprovements in Holders for Lenses of Eyeglasses, &c. of whichimprovements the following is a specification.

In application, Serial No. 201,434, filed of even date herewith, I havedescribed and claimed a construction of clamps or grips for eyeglasseswherein the gripping mem hers are integral with each other and a pocketwas provided for the reception of the spring and ear or lug on thenose-guard.

In application Serial No. 201,463 I have described and claimed certainimprovements in clamps or grips for connecting the bridgepieces andtemples or side holding arms or wires to the lenses of spectacles.

The invention described herein relates to a construction wherein thebridge-pieces are secured to lenses on spectacles by clam ping membersintegral with each other and also integral with the bridge-pieces.

The invention is hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a front elevation of a pair of spectacles having myimprovements applied thereto. Figs. 2 and 3 illustrate a clamp or gripfor connecting the bridge-piece to the lens and the blank from which theclamp or grip is formed. Figs. t and 5 are plan and side views of aclamp or grip for bridge-pieces. Fig. 6 is a plan View of the blank forthe construction shown in Figs. 4 and 5. Fig. 7 is a side view of athird form of clamp or grip for bridge-pieces, and Fig. 8 is a plan viewof the blank for the form shown in Fig. 7.

The bridge-piece and clamps or grips for connecting the bridge-piece 10to the lenses are formed from a blank or single strip, as shown in Fig.2. The ends of the blank are provided with projections 8, adapted toform prongs on one of the clamping members, as 2,

. and to bear on one side of the lens, and the finger or prong for themember hearing on the opposite side of the lens is formed by a portion 1of the blank to form the grip and the parts of the bridge adjacentthereto, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The members 1 and 2 of the clamp orgrip are preferably drawn together by a screw 5, although the metal maybe sufficiently rigid to obviate the necessity of such additional meansfor causing the members to grip the lens.

In the construction shown in Figs. 3, 4:, and 5 the double prongs 8 onone of the gripping members, as 2, are formed by wings or lugs 11,projecting laterally from the blank 10, as shown in Fig. 6, and theother gripping member is formed by an extension 14L of the blank beyondthe wings 11, such extension being bent to U shape, so as to bring thescrew-noles 13 in line with each other and so that the end of theextension will bear upon the lens between the wings or projections 11.In this construction, as will be seen by reference to Figs. 3 and 4, thebridge-piece 10 springs from the points of junction of the wings l1 andis bent backward, so as to form the bridge.

In the construction shown in Figs. 7 and 8 the wings 15, forming theprongs on one of the gripping members, as 2, are at the outer end of thebridge-piece 10, and the latter is divided longitudinally, as at 17, toform a tongue 18, which extends from the portion forming the clampingmember 2 and can be bent to U shape, so that the end thereof will liebetween the prongs 15 of member 2 and the screw-holes will be in linewith each other.

It is characteristic of my improvement that the gripping members whichhold the lens are formed integral with each other and also that aportion at least of the spectacle-supports, as the temples orbridgepiece, are formed integral with the clamp or grip.

It is characteristic of the construction of the bridge-piece and thelens-clamps, as shown in Figs. 2 to 8, that one member of each clamp isformed at the end of the bridge-piece and the other member by anextension of the first member. As, for example, in the constructionshown in Figs. 2 and 3, the clamp ing members 1 are formed at the endsof the bridgedeco 10, while the other clamping members and theconnecting portions 4.- are formed by extensions or continuations of theparts on members 1. The same is true as regards the construction shownin Figs. 4L, 5, 6, except that the members 2, having the prongs 8, areat the end of the bridge-piece .10, while the other clamping members areformed by the extensions or continuations 14. In the construction shownin Figs. 7 and 8 the tongues 18 extend from the portions 2, which formthe clamping members at the ends of the bridge-piece.

I claim herein as my invention transverse of the bridge-piece, enclextensions 1. A bridge-piece in combination with U- of the bridge-piecesubstantially as set forth. shaped clamps integral With thebridge-piece, In testimony whereoflhave hereunto set my one of themembers of each clamp being hand.

formed at the ends of the bridge-piece, and

the other member by a bent extension of the first member, substantiallyas set forth. W'itnesses:

2. A bridge-piece in combination with U- F. E. GAITHER,

shaped clamps formed by bending in planes FRED KIROHNER.

GEORGE H. WINSLOW.

